Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in spine surgery.
Here are 16 hospitals that made it on the list for the first time this year:
Alaska
Alaska Regional Hospital (Anchorage)
California
Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento)
Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Colorado
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
Florida
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation)
Kentucky
Baptist Health Paducah
Maryland
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Townson)
Michigan
McLaren Northern Michigan (Petosky)
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids)
Minnesota
CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital
Ohio
Kettering Health Main Campus
Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center (Lima)
Oklahoma
Saint Francis Hospital (Tulsa)
Virginia
Chippenham Hospital (Richmond)
Wisconsin
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (Milwaukee)